Chapter Eight- Results
Ino stumbled out of the bathroom with her hands over her stomach.
"Argh…I hate throwing up…I need something for my stomach…ugh, and the taste in my mouth." Ino grumbled as she walked away from the bathroom and towards the food court.
Ino came up to the doors to the food court, and entered with the most aloof expression she could manage so Shikamaru or Temari couldn't tell that she was feeling sick.
But then she realized…Shikamaru and Temari weren't there.
Ino looked around frantically and soon spotted Choji sitting alone as he ate some food. She made her way over to him and practically slammed her hands onto the table.
"Where're Shikamaru and Temari?" Ino demanded.
Choji ate a bit more, and then shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know…they never came."
Ino's eyes widened. They never came? Then where were they?
Ino reached out and grabbed some of the pizza Choji had.
"Hey, that's mine!" Choji growled.
"Deal with it, I need it." Ino snarled in return, and began to furiously eat the slice as she made her way out of the food court in search of the missing pair.
Ino walked past the Ferris wheel, the go-carts, mini golf, and even searched the arcade, but she couldn't seem to find either of them.
Suddenly, Ino heard something hit the ground behind her. She leapt in surprise and whipped her head around. She quickly relaxed; it was just Temari's bag.
…Temari's bag? Ino crept over to where the bag had fallen from, which was a small hallway that leads off to a staff members only room. She peeked around the corner, and what she saw surprised her greatly. Without a word, Ino ran from the sight.
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"Ha, ha, ha…I swear…Teme is SO clueless." Naruto laughed.
Hinata giggled. "I-I guess so…."
"He doesn't even realize that Sakura's been dropping so many hints that she likes him. He's been freaking out all day thinking that he'd ask her out and get rejected."
"Well…Sakura's k-kind of felt the same way."
"She's trying to ask him out; how the hell do they keep failing?!"
"W-well, I don't know if she's been trying to…b-but I know that she's been thinking about it…."
"Hmph, and Teme called me stupid…." Naruto grumbled.
"W-what?"
"Oh, nothing," Naruto suddenly grinned, "hey, since we're done eating, do you want to play some more DDR?"
"O-oh…alright…." Hinata agreed, and stood up with Naruto.
The two walked over to the arcade section to the waiting DDR machine. Both took their positions and set up the game.
The song began and the two started dancing. (A/N: Okay, it's pretty much nothing but moving your legs, and I can't think of anything, so let's carry on.)
Naruto stood and watched as the scores tallied up.
Player one: (Naruto)
1709320
Player two: (Hinata) 1928403
"Ah, I barely lost!" Naruto exclaimed.
"W-well, you're still very good." Hinata stammered.
Naruto grinned at the shy girl. "They should give out prizes for being that good!"
"O-oh, I don't know…i-it doesn't really matter."
"You should! I know! Close your eyes."
"R-really, it's alright."
"Come on! Close your eyes!"
"A-alright…." Hinata closed her eyes.
The next second something touched her mouth, something soft and warm. Hinata's eyes snapped open, and Naruto was much closer than she remembered.
It was obvious what was happening, but the real shock came when Hinata did the boldest thing she's done in…ever. She kissed Naruto back and even wrapped her arms around him. Naruto tensed up for a moment, but quickly fell back into it, and moved his own arms around Hinata's waist.
"What the hell, why is everybody making out!?"
Naruto and Hinata broke apart to see Ino staring dumbfounded at them.
"Everybody?" Naruto inquired.
Ino groaned. "First I see Shikamaru and Temari, now you two! What is this world coming to!? Where's my man to make out with?!"
Naruto and Hinata shrugged their shoulders. Ino let out another groan, and then took off out of the arcade and back outside.
"So…" Naruto drawled, "Does this mean we're…together?"
"I-if you want us to be…." Hinata answered.
Naruto grinned broadly. "Ha, ha! I beat Teme! He was supposed to have asked Sakura out already!"
"What?"
"Oh, nothing…come on, let's go see if we can catch the moment when Teme finally asks out Sakura."
Hinata giggled and blushed. "Alright…."
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With Sasuke and Sakura, the two had just reached the front of the line for the go-carts, and they'd be in the next race.
"So, are you ready to lose, Sasuke?" Sakura giggled.
"Hey, maybe I'll get lucky." Sasuke responded.
"Well then, let's see how lucky you are drag queen Uchiha." Sakura beamed as they were allowed onto the track.
Sasuke and Sakura took their seats, this time right next to each other. A worker did the same thing as before with explaining the rules and all the other things, and they were let loose. Sasuke's row was allowed first, and then Sakura's. Sakura stepped hard on the gas to close the gap between her and Sasuke.
Sakura quickly caught up to Sasuke. She smiled; she had chosen a good cart. Sasuke didn't seem to be aware that she had caught up, as he appeared to be too focused on a racer in front of him.
On a turn she swung wide and came up right besides Sasuke. He finally looked over and when he noticed her his eyes widened.
Sakura smiled, waved at him, and then pulled ahead on the next turn. Sasuke frowned, he had to win this!
Sasuke looked up; they still had three laps left to the track. He had plenty of time to try and overtake Sakura. He rounded a corner and came very close to the back of Sakura's cart. He smirked, and knew he could do it.
The pair stayed like that for another lap and a half until Sasuke decided time was pressing and he had to hurry up. Just as a worker stepped up and gave the "last lap" signal, Sasuke pressed the gas as far as it would go, met up with Sakura, and zipped past her.
Sakura stared amazed for a moment. Sasuke had just overtaken her! And with them being on their last lap and coming so close to the finish, she knew she was actually about to lose.
Sakura's thoughts were correct as a worker blocked off the path, and Sasuke was the first one to move into the rows in first place. She came up right behind him in second.
Once everyone made it into the rows they were allowed to leave. The pair stood and walked off the track without a word.
Sakura ran up to Sasuke. "So, you won."
Sasuke smirked. "Yeah."
"So what do you want, since we bet?"
Sasuke almost smiled his smirk became so deep. "You'll see. I just want to get away from here first."
Sakura raised an eyebrow at his words, but shrugged her shoulders and went along with him.
The two of them walked around the park for a little while until Sasuke found what he was looking for. There was a secluded little place by the mini-golf course that made the perfect cover.
Sasuke beckoned Sakura to follow him, and while Sakura felt slightly apprehensive at first, she still followed him.
"What is he thinking?" Sakura thought frantically. "Is he gonna…or what if he…what's going through his mind right now, and—crap, crap, crap, don't start blushing! Don't blush, don't blush, don't blush, he probably just wants some privacy…but why would he need privacy…? Unless he wants to…or maybe…argh!! Is he just doing this to drive me insane or something!?"
Sasuke could tell Sakura was wrapped up in her own thoughts right now, not that he was much different. "She's probably losing it right now…well, what I plan to do may have already crossed her mind…but she's probably not believing it. I guess I'm going to have to prove her right."
Sasuke stopped and turned around. They were well covered by now. All he had to do was spit it out. He vaguely wondered for a moment if Naruto had already asked out Hinata. He shoved those thoughts aside as he thought of his main objective.
"So…why are we back here?" Sakura asked, trying to sound like she wasn't so nervous.
Sasuke swallowed hard and then took in a deep breath. "This is a part of me winning the bet."
Sakura eyed Sasuke skeptically. "How so…?"
"Do you have an idea of what I want you to do?" Sasuke asked.
Sakura shook her head.
Sasuke took in another deep breath. "I want you…to go out with me."
Sakura stared at Sasuke for a moment, disbelieving. It took a moment for the words to sink in, and once they did, her face flushed.
"R-really?" Sakura questioned.
Sasuke couldn't entirely tell whether she was happy or feeling something else, so he simply nodded.
Sakura surprised him when she leapt on him and tackled him with a hug.
"You don't need a bet to get me to do that!" Sakura exclaimed merrily.
Sasuke was a little shaken by her enthusiastic reply, but hugged her back nonetheless.
Sakura pulled away to look Sasuke in the face, and then she moved in and kissed him. Sasuke eagerly replied, and the new couple remained like that for a while.
Thump!
Sasuke and Sakura pulled apart, and looked back towards where they had come into their private area. Ino was laid out on the ground, unconscious. The two were confused to say the least, and soon walked over to the blond.
"…What's up with her?" Sasuke asked.
Sakura shrugged her shoulders. "Search me…."
"Hey!" A voice called from the right.
Naruto and Hinata came up to the two hand in hand. Sakura grinned when she noticed this. "Ooh, look who's been getting close."
Hinata blushed and looked at the ground. Naruto scoffed. "Yeah, like coming out of a hidden little area doesn't make you two look suspicious."
"Eh, I guess you got us there." Sakura giggled.
"Wait…" Naruto started. "So are you two…?"
"Yep; and obviously you…."
"You got it. And Ino…."
"Good question…."
"I'm not following…." Sasuke stated.
Sakura giggled. "So everybody's together, and Ino fainted. I wonder what that's all about…."
Naruto shrugged his shoulders. "Last time we saw her she was yelling something about seeing Shikamaru and Temari making out, and freaking out since we were doing the same thing."
"My guess is Ino saw us, then, and just lost it."
"I bet…." Naruto laughed.
"Hey! Konoha High students! Time to get on the bus!" A teacher exclaimed from the entrance of the park.
Everyone looked at each other.
"You get the legs, I'll get the hands." Sasuke declared as he looked at Naruto.
"Awe, why do I always get the feet?" Naruto whined.
"Shut up and do it, Dobe."
The girls laughed as the guys picked up Ino, and they all made their way over to the entrance of the amusement park.
THE END
Wow…that was long. (The chapter, but the story was, too.) I can't remember who asked for it, but somebody asked me to make the chapter longer, and I did it! Though I hadn't intended to…everything just kept going. Well, next up is the epilogue! I have ideas…and then we say good bye to this story, and hello to the next one! (Which will be an oneshot.) Well…I don't have a whole lot to say here…this thing's already long enough! I hope you people enjoyed! More coming when I can!!
